East Asia Insights | Five Steps to Bolster the US-Japan Alliance

In January 2020, the United States and Japan marked the 60th anniversary of the revised US-Japan Security Treaty. Steps to strengthen this relationship, which should not be taken for granted, include expanding Japan’s defense budget and reinvigorating multilateral forums.

JCIE Publications | ASEAN-Japan Cooperation: A Foundation for East Asian Community

Experts from around Asia Pacific assess the importance of enhancing the ASEAN-Japan relationship as a step toward building a greater East Asian regional community, and review the history and current status of the bilateral relationship and propose ways in which it can be strengthened.

JCIE Publications | New Dimensions of China-Japan-US Relations

These nine essays analyze the new dimensions of the China-Japan-US relationship and evaluate the status of traditional factors such as the Korean peninsula, Taiwan, and the US-Japan security alliance.

JCIE Publications | Asia Pacific Security Outlook 1997

This edition focuses on subjective perspectives on topics specific to Asia Pacific, such as national security, key defense issues, and national contributions to regional and global security.

JCIE Publications | ASEM in its Tenth Year

This final research report evaluating the ASEM process and exploring future possibilities was presented to the ASEM Senior Officials’ Meeting in March 2006.

JCIE Publications | The Rise of China and a Changing East Asian Order

Senior international relations experts examine a wide range of topics including China’s changing role in Asia and its impact on regional community building, domestic dynamics related to China’s political and economic development, and to China’s influence on regional security.

JCIE Publications | Guidance for Governance: Comparing Alternative Sources of Public Policy Advice

In this volume, international experts offer a comparative assessment of the state of policy advice from such alternative sources as independent “scholarly” think tanks, interest and advocacy centers, blue-ribbon commissions, and legislative support organizations.

East Asia Insights | The North Korea Nuclear Crisis: Five Guiding Principles

This edition of East Asia Insights analyzes five guiding principles for approaching the North Korea nuclear crisis; these include recognizing North Korea as a nuclear state, policy consistency among the five nations, and a negotiated settlement.

JCIE Publications | Asia Pacific Security Outlook 1998

This book focuses on the changing perceptions of national security, including traditional issues such as the Korean peninsula and territorial disputes; this edition also focuses on the importance of the Asian financial crisis.

JCIE Publications | Asia Pacific Security Outlook 2005

This edition focuses on the frailty of human security shown in the aftermath of the great tsunami in December of 2004, even in an era of technology and instant communication; it also discusses more traditional security issues.